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Hey, welcome! My name is Chris Orwig. I'm going to be your host and guide on this training adventure. What we're going to do is in this training title we are going to talk about printing. A lot of times when you begin to talk about printing you realize that you have been out in the field, or you have been in the studio and you have been shooting and now it's time to head into your studio and to create that final print. So let's go ahead and head into my office and we will talk a little bit more about printing. Come on in. Now, one of the things that we want to think about in regards to printing is that when you are creating the final print really what you are interested in doing is completing that entire photographic process, from capture on your camera all the way to output on your printer. So what's printing all about? Is it just about using your printer? Well, no, not at all. What we are going to do in this training title is for starters we're going to get into color management.

As Ansel Adams once said, "The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance." Now, with Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Desktop Printing Techniques, creating breathtaking prints is within reach. In this course, photographer and instructor Chris Orwig teaches techniques and workflows for crafting powerful and enduring images that bring the photographer's vision to life. From producing a business card to visiting a working press, Chris covers everything photographers need to know to achieve unique, compelling results from the printing process. Exercise files accompany the course.

Welcome

Hey, welcome! My name is Chris Orwig. I'm going to be your host and guide onthis training adventure. What we're going to do is in this training title weare going to talk about printing. A lot of times when you begin to talk aboutprinting you realize that you have been out in the field, or you have been inthe studio and you have been shooting and now it's time to head into yourstudio and to create that final print. So let's go ahead and head into my officeand we will talk a little bit more about printing. Come on in. Now,one of the things that we want to think about in regards to printing is that whenyou are creating the final print really what you are interested in doing iscompleting that entire photographic process, from capture on your cameraall the way to output on your printer. So what's printing all about? Is it justabout using your printer? Well, no, not at all. What we are going to do in thistraining title is for starters we're going to get into color management.

And color management is all about clarifying the communication between the coloryou are seeing on your monitor and the color you are getting out of that final print, right? So we need to figure out how we can clarify the communicationbetween those two devices. We will also talk about color correcting ourphotographs. How can we get good neutral color correct images. How can we alsocolor correct the skin, because skin is really tricky, especially with digitalcapture, right? We will also talk about the topic of sharpening, because whenyou think about sharpening, really you are sharpening for output. Because ifI'm going to print say an image on a velvet piece of paper, well, there isgoing to be a different amount of sharpening compared to if I print on apremium glossy sheet of paper. So we are going to talk about how can we sharpenthis image with that final print in mind. We will also talk about somedifferent ways that we will print our material; let's say promo cards orcreating different print layouts. We are going to get into some other topics as well, like what type of papers we can use or printers we can use.

We'll discuss the topic of soft proofing. What soft proofing is all about is it's aboutensuring that what you are seeing on your monitor is close to what you will getout of your printer. We will go through an overall desktop workflow from startto finish so that you can see how you can create a really stunning andcompelling and engaging print. Now, most of this training title is going to beabout desktop printing, yet I decided to include a little bonus chapter nearthe end of this training title, and that one is all about going to press.So let's say you are really good at desktop printing and then you need to go to press; maybe your images will be in a magazine or maybe you just want to go topress to create a promo card. Well, we will briefly talk about how you can do that.

All right. Well, throughout this training title my hope is that it willprovide you with some information. It will provide you with the technical knowhow, so that you will know how to use Photoshop in order to create the mostcompelling and engaging final print.

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